A Message from our alumni association president ALBUM Spirit, community, and engagement
In Memoriam
into our strategic plan. We’re especially I composed this while Waneta Tuttle was going to try to engage a much higher still president of our Alumni Association percentage of alumni with current and (for another month) and before our distinguished alum, Dr. Robert emerging opportunities at Frank, officially assumed UNM. We want alumni to be connected to students, faculty, his position as UNM’s 21st community leaders, and president on June 1. Somehow other alums in the process. that seems fitting for one of Our intent is to cultivate a our own in the 21st century. deeper and richer sense of These two leaders illustrate the community so that the value importance of transitions and of UNM and a degree from handoffs. UNM track athletes Duffy Swan UNM to its stakeholders who compete in relay events know well that transitions and handoffs grows in measured, beneficial ways. are key factors between winning first place I look back on the enlightened leadership and everything that comes after. Waneta brought to both UNM and our Alumni Association during her year as Under Waneta’s leadership and direction, president. She has passed the baton to a combination of Alumni Association me and to our executive committee and board members and other alumni have board members to continue what the been working for several months to strategic planning team has developed create an integrated strategy that builds since mid-2011. Equally, Dr. Frank brings on historical traditions while creating new traditions for our future. The core of with him his past experiences as a student here and returns now as the president. He this strategic framework centers on three primary themes, each of which drives one has taken the handoff from Dr. Schmidly and will be a critical part of our success as or more strategic initiatives—and builds on existing themes and initiatives from our plans unfold. We will do everything possible to help each of you, our UNM UNM’s distinguished past. These themes are spirit, community, and engagement. alumni, to engage more fully with this flagship university so that your own sense The Alumni Association has no small of community and spirit is heightened task: We must begin to create dynamic and continues to grow. You are the “U” in new ways for UNM and its schools, UNM—today and for every tomorrow. colleges, departments, faculty, staff, and Stay tuned … and come engage with us students to engage with one another, on this journey ahead. Thank “U”! our UNM alumni, and the communities we serve, among others. The Alumni Relations Office remains a vital part of these efforts to build on our historical successes and traditions and weave these
Duffy Swan ’68 UNM Alumni Association President
Mark D. Neufeld, ’84
Marie Therese Work, ’01
Mark Dodge Bronsveld, ’85
Amy Marie Reinert, ’02
Tom Mclemore Hicks, ’85
Shelley Kathleen Smith
Roger Eugene Salters, ’85
Diane Elizabeth (Paumen)
Michael J. Krueger, ’03
Eloisa Perea, ’04
Smail, ’85
Sheltren, ’02
David Earl Smith, ’85
Sharon Maureen
Dixie Carolyn Clark, ’86
Nancy Lee Golden, ’86
Robert O. Lamberti, ’05
Laurel Dee McGinty, ’86
Taylor Morrison
Nathaniel John
Patrick O. Mullen, ’05
Whorton, ’86, ’87
Hogland, ’05
Greenawalt, ’05
Cheryl Ann Bradley, ’87
Ernesto A. Caro, ’06
Bruce Walter Freyburger, ’87
Andrea M. Herrera, ’06
James Joseph Reese, ’87
Rosalinda Ann Logg, ’06
Patti Sheehy Stager, ’87
George P. Clements, ’07
Virginia A. Alexander, ’88
Robert Hohnke, ’07
Mohammad Ali Ataee, ’88
David M. Meilleur, ’07
Timothy Blair Straney, ’88
Mary V. Miller, ’07
Shirley Mae Cushing, ’89
Francis P. Montoya, ’07
Larry Harker, ’89
Regina D. Chavez, ’08
Mary H. Bartlett, ’90, ’96
David A. Reis, ’08
Joseph George Kesner, ’90
Jesse W. Schultz, ’08
Lisa Yolonda McKnight, ’90
Patrick J. Grange, ’11
Eulalia Aragon Armijo, ’91
Jake A. Valdez, III, ’11
Jean E. Dulaff, ’91
Boyd W. Bowden, II, former
Sandra R. Smith, ’91
Steven Christopher
Karl Koenig, former
professor
Phelps, ’92
medical resident
Albert M. Bernal, ’93
Joe B. Linker, former
John David Boyd, ’93, ’95
Karen Dunn-Smith, ’93
Joel W. Lubin, former
Melanie D. Guillen, ’93
Jacqueline Marie
Corey A. Tancik, former
Rashleger, ’93
medical resident medical resident medical resident and
Karen M. Shuster, ’94
professor
Julian Randall Varela, ’94
Frances Jarrell (Hurley)
Steven Gerald Fuentes, ’95
Eckert
Janet Gay Tilbury, ’96
Manuel H. Gonzales
Lynn Shrader Long, ’97
Fay (Sherwood) Gregg
Deborah Anne (Miller)
Eugene F. Heckel
George W. Hilliard
Rivera, ’97
Kevin Jules Colvin, ’98
Peter J. Minoletti
Nathan Sheldon Lee, ’98
Elizabeth (Kissam) Minor
Susan Ruth Phelps, ’98
Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Sharp
James Carleton Harlin, ’99
Samuel F. Spohr
Jack Joseph Naillon, ’99
Howard V. Taylor
Ellen Angela Wagner, ’99
William B. Taylor
Keith Douglas
Kenneth N. Tinklepaugh
McClung, ’01, ’06
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